🌱 Discussion of all plant-related research and concepts. UC Davis supports academic and research programs in plant sciences, plant biology, plant pathology, viticulture and agricultural engineering. https://instagram.com/ucdavisplants
🌱 From Plant Disease: Ganoderma adspersum can invade healthy sapwood in young peach rootstocks, highlighting how wounds may create entry points for orchard disease. (Daisy H. Ahumada, David M. Rizzo) ▶️ apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience #PlantPathology
🌱 From Nature Communications: Hybrid vigor in maize may arise partly from master regulatory genes coordinating the activity of hundreds of other genes. (Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra) ▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PlantScience #PlantBiology #Genetics
The incomplete dominance of gene expression controlled by Trans-eQTL hotspots contributes to heterosis in maize - Nature CommunicationsThis study shows that maize hybrids exhibit increased transcriptome activity than inbred parents in an incomplete dominance manner, contributing to hybrid vigor. This increase is primarily regulated b...www.nature.com🌱 From Global Change Biology: Better models of how stomata regulate carbon and water could improve predictions of crop performance and ecosystem responses to climate change. (Thomas N. Buckley) ▶️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PlantScience #PlantBiology
A Simple Stomatal Model That Unifies the Metabolic and Hydraulic Control of Carbon and Water FluxThis figure shows the model's predictions in response to the familiar stomatal effectors.onlinelibrary.wiley.com🌱 From Frontiers in Plant Science: New DNA markers could help breeders identify valuable grape traits faster, accelerating the development of more resilient and sustainable varieties. (Dario Cantù) ▶️ www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla... #PlantScience #Genetics #PlantBreeding
Frontiers | An advanced genotyping tool to inspect grapevine variability: the Axiom®Vitis22K SNP arrayGrapevine is one of the most relevant fruit crops worldwide, owing to its extensive distribution and considerable socio-economic significance. While the cult...www.frontiersin.org🥑 From PNAS: Ancient genetic variation helps coordinate avocado pollination, offering new tools to breed higher-yielding orchards. (Jeffrey S. Groh, Gracie Ackerman, Graham Coop) ▶️ www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #PlantScience #PlantBreeding #PlantBiology
Balanced polymorphism in a floral transcription factor underlies the ancient rhythm of daily sex alternation in avocado | PNASIn avocado and certain wild relatives in Lauraceae, a highly synchronized daily rhythm
of floral sex timing promotes cross-pollination between two ...www.pnas.org🌱 From ISME Communications: Soil aggregates host distinct microbial communities, revealing that soil function depends on hidden structures. (Jonathan Y Lin, J Gontijo, C McMillan, J Fudyma, E Yao, J Sayre, J Emerson, C Lazcano, K Scow, Jorge Mazza Rodrigues) ▶️ academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
Multi-omics resolved integration reveals microbial niche separation in soil aggregatesAbstract. The soil matrix is a heterogeneous mixture composed of aggregates—three-dimensional complexes composed of organic materials and mineral particlesacademic.oup.com🌱 Communications Biology: Plants face a tradeoff between moving water quickly and preventing drought damage. Evolution shows they could not fully optimize both. (Maciej A. Zwieniecki) ▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s42... #PlantScience #PlantBiology
Torus-margo pits cannot function in vessel-bearing angiosperms - Communications BiologyMechanistic modelling identifies conduit geometric constraints on torus-margo membrane function, resolving the surprising absence of this low-resistance, high-safety design in vessel-bearing plants.www.nature.com🌱 From Current Opinion in Plant Biology: Malate may play a bigger role in photosynthesis than once thought, helping plants balance carbon storage and protein production as CO2 rises. (Arnold J. Bloom) ▶️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PlantScience #PlantBiology
🍓 From G3: Lower-cost DNA tools could make precision strawberry breeding more accessible, helping identify superior plants faster. (Dominique D A Pincot, R Famula, C Lopéz, D Velasco, M Al Rwahnih, A Krill-Brown, S Knapp, Mitchell J Feldmann) ▶️ academic.oup.com/g3journal/ad... #PlantScience
Scalable medium-density genotyping platforms for cultivar identification, pedigree authentication, marker-assisted and genomic selection, and other applications in strawberryAbstract. A broad spectrum of high-density genotyping approaches, including single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays, genotyping-by-sequencing, and wholacademic.oup.com🌱 From Environmental and Sustainability Indicators: California grows more pistachios per acre. Spain grows them with fewer inputs per pound, showing different paths toward sustainability. (Louise Ferguson, Elias Marvinney) ▶️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PlantScience #Sustainability
Comparative sustainability assessment of pistachio production: A case study of California (USA) and Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) is a nutrient-dense nut, providing high-quality plant protein and well-suited to semi-arid regions, making it an importan…www.sciencedirect.com🧬 From Nature Biotechnology: Smaller, more efficient genome editors could expand precision breeding and gene editing in crops, making advanced tools easier to deliver and use. (Ugrappa Nagalakshmi, Savithramma P. Dinesh-Kumar) ▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PlantScience #PlantBiology
Engineered TnpB genome editors for plants and human cells identified by ribonucleoprotein mutational scanning - Nature BiotechnologyTnpB endonucleases are engineered for improved genome editing.www.nature.com🌲From Nature Communications: Prescribed burns can save ancient forests. Recent fuel treatments helped thousands of giant sequoias survive extreme wildfires in California. (Dan J. Dixon, Xiaoli Dong, Andrew M. Latimer, Yufang Jin) ▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PlantScience #Ecology #Wildfires
Previous prescribed burns saved thousands of ancient sequoias during historically unprecedented wildfires - Nature CommunicationsWildfires during 2020–2021 killed giant sequoias at unprecedented rates in California’s Sierra Nevada. Dixon et al. estimate prescribed burns saved nearly 2,000 giant sequoias, and that broader treatm...www.nature.com🌱 From The Professional Geographer: Urban farms do more than grow food. They strengthen community ties that help neighborhoods recover and build resilience after disasters. (Ana Zepeda, Clare E. B. Cannon, Amanda Crump) ▶️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #PlantScience #Agriculture
www.tandfonline.com🌱 From Journal of Ecology: As mountain climates warm, some lower elevation wildflowers outperform local plants, but only at certain life stages. (Brandie Quarles-Chidyagwai, S. Ashlock, J. Schmitt, J. N. Maloof, Jennifer R. Gremer) ▶️ besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #Ecology
🌱 From Nature: Salicylic acid helps plants balance defense and growth by controlling the stability of enzymes that break down the immune hormone. (Natalie Hamada, M. Palayam, J. Moe-Lange, G. Wyatt, S. Chang, A. Hu, S. P. Dinesh-Kumar, P. Zerbe, Nitzan Shabek) ▶️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Salicylic acid modulates its catabolic enzymes via proteasomal degradation linked to SCF-associated proximity networks - Nature CommunicationsSalicylic acid (SA) controls plant immunity but requires tight regulation. Here, the authors show that SA modulates its own inactivation by controlling the stability of its catabolic enzymes through c...www.nature.com🌾 From Plant Communications: Climate-resilient rice may depend as much on its living ecosystem as its genes, opening new paths for sustainable food production. (Esteban Veliz, Venkatesan Sundaresan) ▶️ www.cell.com/plant-commun... #PlantScience #PlantBiology #ScientificIllustration
Exploring and exploiting the rice phytobiome to tackle climate change challengesThe rice phytobiome is composed of an intricate network of interdependent and interrelated
communities of micro- and macroorganisms and their surrounding environment. Dynamic
interactions, facilitated...www.cell.com🌱 From Scientia Horticulturae: Delaying pruning at planting may help almond trees build deeper roots, strengthening drought resilience without sacrificing later canopy management. (Astrid Volder, Paul Martinez, Bruce D. Lampinen) ▶️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PlantScience #Agriculture
Heading the trunk and pruning lateral branches at planting reduces deep soil fine root production of almond treesHeading and removing all lateral branches when almond trees are planted is a common practice in California. Establishing a root system post-planting i…www.sciencedirect.com🌱 From Fire Ecology: High-severity wildfire can shift which trees return by increasing seed loss for pines and Douglas-fir, reshaping future forest diversity. (Victoria E. Mattsson, Nina E. Venuti, Andrew M. Latimer, Derek J. N. Young) ▶️ link.springer.com/article/10.1... #PlantScience #Wildfires
High-severity fire increases seed predation of non-fir tree species in a California mixed-conifer forest - Fire EcologyBackground High-severity fire activity in western US dry forests has increased in recent decades, with models projecting extensive declines in tree recruitment and tree species diversity for mixed-con...link.springer.com🥑 From Applied Food Research: Fatty acid and sterol analyses found most avocado oil labeled processed foods were inconsistent with authentic avocado oil. (Natalie Lopez-Alvarez, Xueqi Li, Benjamin Vizgordiski, Selina C. Wang) ▶️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #PlantScience #FoodScience
🐮 From Ecology and Evolution: Wolf presence may alter how cattle physiologically respond to seasonal conditions. (Christina M. Nord, Alexander Pritchard, Rosemary Blersch, Brenda McCowan, Jessica Vandeleest, Kenneth W. Tate, Tina L. Saitone) ▶️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #Rangelands
Wolf Presence Disrupts Seasonal Variation in Hair Cortisol Among Free‐Ranging Beef CattlePredators exert indirect effects on prey populations beyond direct predation, but how predator reintroduction restructures prey physiology remains poorly understood. Using hair cortisol analysis in c...onlinelibrary.wiley.com